The Seeding (2023)

August 2, 2024 3:25 PM

[TRAILER] A hiker lost in the desert takes refuge with a woman living alone, and soon discovers that she might not be there willingly.

Starring Scott Haze, Kate Lyn Sheil, Alex Montaldo, Garrett Atkinson, Charlie Avink, Bodhi Barrett.

Written and directed by Barnaby Clay. Produced by Brian E. Etting and Josh H. Etting for Unbranded Pictures. Cinematography by Robert Leitzell. Music by Tristan Bechet.

56% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Currently streaming in the US on Hulu. JustWatch listing.

posted by DirtyOldTown (3 comments total)

I wish the writer/director understood the assignment as well as the cinematographer. This is meandering and clumsy, despite an unsettling premise and some good imagery. It mostly just plays like the filmmakers didn't have a full story, just a desire to make you unhappy. That can be enough in some cases, but they don't have the chops for that kind of lift. It doesn't flow at all.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 3:27 PM on August 2

So....was this inspired by The Woman In The Dunes?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:55 PM on August 2 [1 favorite]

Probably in part. But there's some The Hills Have Eyes and Eden Lake in there, too.

This was a hard one for me, because I felt like there were obvious things I could point to that were extremely my shit, but if I'm being honest, I was mostly bored and impatient watching it. Not a bad movie by hacks at all. More like a misfire. A whole lot of stuff that I would have thought sounded great if related to me by someone else that I didn't like when actually watching.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 5:03 PM on August 2